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UNDER THE SIGN OF QUANTUM

Leonid I. PONOMAREV, Prof. (Phys. & Math.)

I. V. Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Moscow, USSR

READERSHIP: The book will appeal to any reader with a scientific bent who is intrigued by the triumphs of modern science, before which pale the fantasies of science fiction.

CONTENTS: Origins: Atom. Waves. Quanta. Spectra. Ions. Radiant Matter. Atoms, Electron, Waves. The Planetary Atom. Spectral Series. Photons. Pre-Bohr Times. The Bohr Atom. Post-Bohr Time. Teachings of the Ancients. Elements and Atoms. The Periodic Law. Ideas: Phenomenon, Image, Concept, Formula. Heisenberg’s Matrix Mechanics. Louis de Broglie. Matter Waves. Optical Mechanical Analogy. Schrodinger Equation. The Image of the Atom. Quantum Truth. Wave-Particle Duality. Uncertainty Relation. Complementarity Principle. Probability Waves. The Atom and the Probability. Causality and Chance. What is an Atom? Physical Reality. Results: Rontgen. Becquerel. Pierre and Marie Curie. Rutherford and Soddy. Isotopes. Uranium Family. Nuclear Binding Energy. The Neutron. Artificial Radioaktivity. Nuclear Fission. Tunnel Effect. Effective Cross-Sections. Fission. Chain Reaction. Nuclear Reactor. Atomic Energy. The Atomic Bomb. The Atomic Problem. Solar Light. Crucibles of Elements. The Fate of the Sun. Reflections: Inception of the Scientific Method. Essence of the, Scientific Method and its Development. Truth and Completeness of the Scientific Picture of the World. Science and Humanity. Science and Art. Future of Science.

THE AUTHOR: Leonid I. Ponomarev, professor of physics, the head of the theoretical department in I. V. Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Moscow, USSR.